Fastener for packages.



l 0. B. GHUEGHILL. .FASTENER FOR PAGKAGES.

APPLICATION FILED J'AN.28, 1909.

947,195. I Patented Jan. 18, 1910,

. /i .JLHM IWIIII M "h llill wwntcz CLARENCE E. oHURoHIL or DIX E, IDAHO.

FASTENER FOR PACKAGES.

,Specification of Letters Patent.

1 Patented Jan. 18, 1910.

Application filed January 28, 1909; Seria1-No. 474,662.

packages, and has specially in view a metallic fastener which will serve to tightly retain a string around a package, and yet at the same time be readily released to permit of the removal of the string when it is desired to open the package.

With the above and other objects in view,

the invention contemplates the employment of two hinged leaves, the contacting faces of which are corrugated so as to provide for a nesting of the corrugations of said leaves when brought together and firmly hold a string between such corrugations, one of said leaves being provided with a spring the tension of which is exerted to force the other leaf to an open or string-releasing position and belng also provlded wlth a locklng lever for normally retaining the two leaves in a:

fastener, the same being shown in a stringgripping position. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. F 1g. 3 is an end vlew. F 1g. 4 1s a plan view, showing the fastener 1n an open, or strlng releaslng posltion. V

Llke characters of reference designate corresponding drawings.

Referring to said drawings, the. improved fastener has been shown as consisting of an elongated, fiat base plate, or leaf 10, one longitudinal edge of which has hinged to it-a flat leaf 11, preferably of a smaller size than the leaf 10. The inner faces of the leaf 10 and the leaf 11, are provided with interme diate transversely arranged corrugations l2-13, respectively, which nest together when said leaves are closed, as indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The free lon itudinal edge 14 of the leaf 11 is beveled 0 upon parts in the several figures of the the frontedge of its under surface, as indicated at 15, the purpose of which will presently appear. One end of the leaf 10 has an opening 16 formed through it to receive theend of a fastening string 17, which string in the practical application of the invention is preferably fastened to such opening. A leaf opening spring 18 is also carried by said leaf 10, said spring being preferably, but not necessarily, of the usual fiat type which is forced down onto the leaf 10 when the leaf 11 is brought to a closed, or string gripping position, the tension of said spring being sufficientto automatically force the leaf 11 to an open position, when the said leaf 11 is unlatched, as will presently appear. A spring latch is also carried by the leaf 10, I said latch being provided at one end with a flat portion 19 which is riveted or otherwise securely'fastened to the leaf 10, the other end portion of said latch being twisted, as indicated at 19 and at its free end carries an outstanding latching lug 20 the front face of which is beveled or inclined as indicated at 21. Said latch is'preferably fastened on the leaf 10 at the opposite end portion to that which carries the spring 18, and the angular outstanding latchinglug carried thereby is held in the path of movement of the beveled under face of the leaf 11, so that when said leaf 11 is brought down onto the leaf 10, the

front ed e thereof will first contact with the beveled ace of said latching lug, and, owing to the resiliency of the latter, will snap over the same, whereupon said latching lug'will engage over the said leaf 11, and thereby hold the same closed against the pressure of the leaf-opening spring, and hold the same in binding engagement with the leaf 10.

In using the improved fastener, the string is first attached to the opening 16 and thenlooped over the package and then placed over the corrugated face of the leaf 10 and drawn tight. The leaf 11 is then brought down onto the leaf 10 and snapped over the beveled edge of the latching lug, and thereby heldwith its corrugated face nesting within the corrugations on the face of leaf 10 to tightly clamp the string between the two leaves; To release the fastener, the lever 19 said leaves having its front edge beveled on ing said leaves apart when the latch is reits under surface, a spring latch carried by moved from its locking position. 10 the other leaf and having an outstanding In testimony whereof I afiix my signature angular latching lug at its free end provided in presence of two witnesses.

with a beveled face with which the beveled CLARENCE E. CHURCHILL. edge of the first mentioned leaf contacts and ,Vitnesses:

snaps over when said leaves are brought to- ALFRED FRANKLIN,

gether, and a spring for automatically forc- LEW BRUNDIGE. 

